Our Stories

How Smile Train helped a budding artist bloom through the unimaginable

Even knowing help is available isn’t always enough to remove the stigma of having a cleft.

Love always finds a way.

For adults with clefts, a smile also means fulfilling work with dignity.

Dr. Ingrid Leal lends her expertise to improve nutrition programs in the Philippines

At one month old, Mirian weighed just four pounds. Five months later, with the support of our local partners, she had transformed into a happy, chubby baby.

Neilsen helped a mission organization that flew doctors into Madagascar to provide cleft care, but he knew local doctors were as capable as those flying in. 

Elizabeth's family tries to find the cleft surgery she desperately needs, in the middle of a lockdown.

Aldrian is still on his cleft treatment journey. Watch as he works on speaking with confidence. 

The Philippines has unique challenges for children receiving cleft treatment. Kimmy is more than up to meeting them.

Just when Jeann thought she had found a way to get her daughter with a cleft to a healthy weight, COVID-19 forced the entire island into lockdown.